Tag: Monarchs
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How IPOB/ESN members invaded, killed monarchs holding meeting in Imo community before we arrived – Police
The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two traditional rulers in Njaba council area of the state by suspected members of the Indigenous People
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Emede/Igbide Crisis: Six months after, Isoko/Urhobo monarchs resolve dispute
Six months after, Isoko and Urhobo traditional rulers, Isoko Development Union, IDU resolve dispute/crisis between Igbide and Emede communities in Isoko South local government area of Delta State. The crisis which reportedly claimed many lives and property worth millions of naira destroyed was finally nipped in the bud. The meeting to restore final peace to…
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Insecurity: South West Governors, monarchs storm Ibadan [Photos]
Governor Seyi Makinde on Saturday played host to his colleague governors from the South West at at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan ahead of a security meeting scheduled. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that four top traditional rulers from the region have also arrived the government house for the meeting. The guests are part of…
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Ngige to Obiano: Banish 12 suspended monarchs from Anambra
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Imo, Prof Emeka Ezeonu, on Saturday led a protest against alleged imposition of the traditional ruler of Alor, Igwe MacAnthony Okonkwo. The Monarch of Alor is one of the traditional rulers recently suspended…
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Umahi orders arrest of monarchs, threatens dethronement
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Sunday, ordered the arrest of the traditional rulers of Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo and Ohankwu communities in the Ohaukwu and Ikwo local government areas of the state. The governor gave the order over the missing of a naval officer and the killing of a 70-year-old woman in both communities. Umahi also…
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Banditry: NAF dares Zamfara monarchs to show pictures, corpses of dead civilians
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reacted to allegations that its stings against rampaging bandits in Zamfara were on innocent civilians, challenging anyone with evidence that civilians were targeted during its recent strikes to produce evidence. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made the request in a statement on Friday…
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Banditry: NAF’s airstrike operations killing ‘innocent’ citizens – Zamfara monarchs
Zamfara Council of Chiefs on Thursday said many innocent villagers have been killed in misdirected air strikes by the military in the ongoing fight against bandits in the state. The Emir of Bungudu, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru made the disclosure at the end of an emergency meeting of the council, on Thursday in Gusau. “The Council…
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Monarchs, other highly placed Nigerians collaborating with bandits to incite violence in Northwest – FG
Minister of Defence, Gen. Mansur Dan Ali on Tuesday warned those collaborating with bandits to desist of face the full wrath of the law. Relying on security reports, the minister said some highly placed persons, including traditional rulers, had been collaborating with troublemakers. In a statement issued in Abuja by his Public Relations Officer (PRO),…
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Photos: Buhari receives Ooni, Awujale, other monarchs in Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, met with Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona and other monarchs from the southwestern part of Nigeria. Photos of their visit were shared by Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad on his verified Twitter handle. The traditional rulers visited President Buhari…
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Chieftaincy review: Ajimobi appeals judgement nullifying appointment of 21 monarchs
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday filed eleven grounds of appeal before the Appeal Court, seeking to quash the judgement of the state high court nullifying the recent elevation of some high chiefs as monarchs in the state. Recall that Justice Olajumoke Aiki had last Friday declared the governors appointment of the monarch…